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There’s a growing schism in the first American pope’s hometown. At stake is his childhood home. An auction for the house ...
Harvard University professor Henry Louis Gates Jr. takes a deep dive into the pope's past in New York Times Magazine piece.
While there’s plenty of room for views to shift as Pope Leo’s agenda becomes clear, people are watching how the first ...
Though 1 in 5 Americans identify as Catholic, a Pew report shows nearly half have a personal connection to the faith.
"Humanity is greatly diminished whenever the unborn, or the undocumented, the unemployed, the unhealthy are excluded," ...
In a sermon on a major Christian holiday, Pope Leo XIV appeared to take a shot at travel bans recently put in place by ...
Chicago’s elation over the hometown boy’s election led to a huge party for the first U.S. pope, who will begin to chart his ...
Leo's message contrasts sharply with Trump's vow to deport millions of undocumented immigrants. The late Pope Francis also clashed with Trump over immigration, once saying the president was "not ...
Noblemen, enslaved people, freedom fighters, slaveowners: what the complex family tree of the first American pontiff reveals.